On Wed, 2002-01-23 at 18:05, ertzog wrote:> This question is more about hardware, but is also related to Linux.> If I have a harddisk, plugged into the motherboard (IDE cable and power),> can I turn it off, plugging out first power cable, then IDE cable.> Can it harm harddisk or motherboard?> If I can do it, then will Linux detect it back, if I make this > operation back: i.e. plug IDE cable, then power cable.> > Best regards.

it's possible, yes. and yes linux will do what you need to do. Thequestion is can you do it without breaking anything.